Research Article
The Validity of Quantifying Pulmonary Contusion Extent by Lung Ultrasound Score for Predicting ARDS in Blunt Thoracic Trauma
Table 4
Severe and nonsevere lung contusion group characteristics.
| | Variables | Group A
Nonsevere LUS score <4 (n = 31) | Group B
Severe LUS score ≥4 (n = 19) | -value |
| | Age, yr | 36.55 ± 15.36 | 34.42 ± 15.18 | 0.652 | | Male, n | 24 | 17 | 0.452 | | Female, n | 7 | 2 | | | Pao2/Fio2 | 236.45 ± 87.17 | 176.53 ± 68.63 | 0.010 | | GCS | 11.35 ± 4.07 | 11.84 ± 2.99 | 0.943 | | ISS | 30.19 ± 10.69 | 36.68 ± 11.09 | 0.010 | | Head trauma, n | 14 | 7 | 0.563 | | Abdominal trauma, n | 9 | 7 | 0.566 | | Extremity bone fractures, n | 19 | 10 | 0.547 | | Pelvic fracture, n | 4 | 2 | 1.000 | | Spinal fractures, n | 2 | 4 | 0.184 | | Hemothorax, n | 7 | 14 | <0.001 | | 2-3Fractured ribs, n | 7 | 3 | 0.722 | | ˃3 fractured ribs, n | 6 | 10 | <0.014 | | ARDS incidence, n | 1 | 11 | <0.001 | | Ventilator days | 8.0 ± 3.11 | 18.47 ± 9.02 | <0.001 | | Mortality, n | 8 | 5 | 1.000 |
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